All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Giles Group of Companies, headquartered in London, England. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close...
Sep 3 2013 // Small commercial lines insurance customers most value having an insurance agent or broker who completely understands their individual business and helps them assess and manage their risk. The highest-ranked small business...
Aug 30 2013 // Risk Management Services (RMS) has established a group errors & omissions insurance plan for life and health insurance agents in partnership with Gotham Insurance Co. Applications must be submitted via the...
Aug 28 2013 // The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of Acordia insurance brokerage Monday.The Connecticut Supreme Court, the state’s highest court, reversed a lower trial court’s 2010 ruling that previously...
Aug 27 2013 // Barbara Flanigan, a 30-year insurance industry veteran, has been named CEO of Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems technology. Barbara Flanigan Flanigan joins ASCnet from Gallagher...
Aug 27 2013 // Los Angeles, CA, 8/27/13 – Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that effective August 26, 2013; Clancy Marie Johannsen has joined the firm’s Professional & Management...
Aug 26 2013 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, recently ruled in favor of an insurance carrier in a case involving a mutual misunderstanding by both the homeowners policyholder and an insurance...
Aug 26 2013 // Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions named Clancy Marie Johannsen to the firm’s professional and management liability practice group in the position of vice president. Johannsen specializes in...
Aug 22 2013 // Worldwide Facilities, a Los Angeles-based independent surplus lines broker and managing general agency, appointed Kitti Peters as vice president and casualty broker with a specialization in construction. She based in...
Aug 22 2013 // UK-based Xchanging, the business process, procurement and technology services provider, has appointed Kevin Ahern as Fiduciary Lead for its broking services business, XBS. He reports directly to Barry Milchem, XBS...
Aug 21 2013 // Independent insurance wholesaler All Risks Ltd. announced that Luke Butler has joined its newly formed South Central operation as a broker focused on energy and marine related business. He is based in Metairie, La.Butler...
Aug 21 2013 // The UK’s BMS Associates, a specialist independent broker and underwriting group, has appointed Dane Douetil as its new Group Chief Executive Officer.BMS Associates is the parent company of BMS Group Limited, its UK...
Aug 19 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — last week withdrew its proposal to gain “sole and exclusive property” rights to all MAIF...
Aug 19 2013 // Median organic revenue growth reached 6.9 percent in the 2013 second quarter for mid-size and large privately held insurance agencies and brokerage firms, according to a survey by Reagan Consulting, a management consulting...
Aug 19 2013 // Insurance Journal has listened to readers, spoken with experts, combed through columns and articles and even searched outside insurance circles to find the best sales and marketing tips for independent agencies today. Here...
Aug 19 2013 // There are times when what agents don’t know can hurt them, and this is one of them. I refer to the all-too-often overlooked, and recently targeted, ownership of policy “expirations” – policy,...
Aug 19 2013 // The Hartford Financial Services Group promoted Patricia McEvoy to chief ethics and compliance officer. In her previous role, McEvoy was vice president and assistant general counsel in the corporate and property/casualty...
Aug 19 2013 // Most customers who are lured away from independent agents by direct insurers promising lower prices will ultimately return to an independent agent. According to a recent study commissioned by The Hanover Insurance Group,...
Aug 16 2013 // Insurance producers who specialize in an industry or insurance product line make more money than those who don’t. Likewise, agencies that encourage their producers to specialize bring in more revenue than those...
Aug 16 2013 // As insurance professionals, we’re in the business of anticipating and responding to severe weather. However, heightened activity in recent years points to some startling trends:• Atlantic named storms in the month...